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[2024 Year in Review] Bean of Hiddenness

by DB Workers

For our remaining “bean” of the 12 months, we’re awarding the Bean of Hiddenness. You already know the drama — it was flying underneath the radar till it flew proper into your coronary heart and have become the hidden gem you didn’t know you wanted.

 
missvictrix: My Bean of Hiddenness goes to My Comfortable Ending, which I might advocate solely underneath the next circumstances. Do you wish to be consistently guessing as you watch your drama, careen together with an unreliable narrator, get the rug pulled up from underneath you and put again 100 instances, have a loopy melodrama vibe working all through, and great performances that have been turned up sufficient to match the loopy pitch of this drama? In the event you can reply sure to all of that, please watch. I wouldn’t precisely name it “good” within the crucial sense, nevertheless it certainly was addictive, and I saved clawing at my display for brand new episodes every week. If it’s “hidden” it’s as a result of it was on a smaller channel and this stage of craycray isn’t for everybody — however this is able to be the drama to binge if you happen to really feel like driving a runaway prepare with the great Jang Nara (and crew) for a weekend.

tccolb: My Bean of Hiddenness for this 12 months is Household by Selection, a drama that I watched virtually on a whim – although I had been planning to test it out ultimately as soon as extra episodes had been launched. However on the week of the premiere, it occurred to pop up on Viki and I clicked, considering why not. Though it wasn’t something groundbreaking, there was simply one thing intangible that made it click on for me and drew me again each week thereafter. I do all the time admire tales about what it actually means to be a real household and I beloved seeing our two dads stay by that precept – particularly the stoic-but-trying Choi Moo-sung. Second lead Bae Hyun-sung was additionally a spotlight and if I may have one want it could be for him and Website positioning Ji-hye to get extra display time for his or her lovely romance.

mistyisles: My Bean of Hiddenness goes to Black Out: a tightly written, beautifully acted present with extra layers to its characters and thriller than first seems. Whereas it’s not the primary to return to thoughts after I assume again on my favourite exhibits of the 12 months, it persistently impressed me, threw me for a loop after I thought I had the whole lot discovered, and ended on an surprising excessive word. It wasn’t all the time a *enjoyable* watch, per se (a lot of the characters appeared to be in a working contest of who may make us lose religion in humanity the quickest), nevertheless it certain saved me glued to the display and has lingered in my thoughts lengthy after it ended.

solstices: I marathoned Doubt far too late to make it into the Bean Rely, so I’m giving it a shout-out right here as an alternative. Meticulously crafted by curated photographs and intentional storytelling, Doubt wove collectively a pensive story of guilt and suspicion that was totally haunting in its execution. I gained’t deny that there was room for enchancment — the pacing meandered at instances, the lighting was typically too dim to completely admire the inventive cinematography, and I want we received extra of Eo-jin (if solely as a result of I really like Han Ye-ri). Even so, the way in which it doled out its reveals saved me on tenterhooks, evoking an environment of wound-tight stress during which you’re by no means fairly certain what lurks across the nook — or within the recesses of somebody’s thoughts. Chae Received-bin delivered a breathtakingly restrained efficiency, balancing Ha-bin’s intentionally manipulative facades and repressed vulnerability, and I daresay she was certainly one of my most memorable characters this 12 months.

Unit: Iron Household is a gem that could be ignored for being a weekender, however the present is a genuinely good one that’s deserving of all of the love. It’s a calming drama with attention-grabbing and loveable characters, heartwarming household moments, nice comedy bits, candy love tales — my favourite being the grandparents’ noona romance — and an unpredictable 10 million greenback journey that’s each thrilling and enjoyable. I’d wish to imagine that Iron Household is dramaland’s method of claiming “Come again, oh ye weekender followers who’ve virtually — or completely — given up on the style,” and I lend my voice to re-echo the sentiment. Severely, watch this drama even if you happen to aren’t a fan of weekenders. It’s simply 36 episodes. *Wink*

Dramaddictally: My hidden gem of this 12 months is Inform Me That You Love Me. In the event you haven’t watched it, I extremely advocate it. I knew getting in that the course can be prime notch, however I wasn’t anticipating how effectively it could line up with the writing. That is visible storytelling at its greatest, taking a dialogue-heavy script and relying totally on signal language and written communication to ship the strains. It permits the central romance to develop in an uncommon, however stunning, method with the characters’ variations displaying by in every interplay. How they surpass their difficulties (or don’t) is the guts of the story, however even when it rolls into tragedy, it maintains its magnificence. This can be a drama that in some way manages to make you’re feeling heartbreak whereas additionally being hopeful, and highlights worth distinctions with out being judgmental. When a narrative can bypass a cheerful ending and nonetheless go away you feeling completely satisfied, it will get an A-plus from me.

starrygazer: One thing I loved far more than I anticipated to this 12 months was Like Flowers in Sand. Ssireum wrestling just isn’t one thing I do know a lot about, however I favored the forged and gave it a attempt. And I’m so happy I did. Like Flowers in Sand saved me and invested all through. The storyline wasn’t significantly new — just a little thriller and just a little romance — nevertheless it was gratifying, and the relationships have been layered and complex making the entire present really feel very human and relatable. To not point out Jang Dong-yoon was completely lovely as Kim Baek-du: just a little bean of hiddenness certainly.

 
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